Classic Nonstick Sauce Pan with Cover vs Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid: which is safer?
GreenPan Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid is the clear pick. Calphalon Classic Nonstick Sauce Pan with Cover carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Calphalon
Classic Nonstick Sauce Pan with Cover
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition / fume risk
PossibleAluminum leaching (post-coating failure)
ReportedNonstick coating degradation over time
Our pick
GreenPan
Chatham Ceramic Nonstick 3-Quart Saucepan with Lid
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching
LikelyCoating degradation and loss of nonstick function
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE thermal decomposition / fume risk, Aluminum leaching (post-coating failure), Nonstick coating degradation over time and PFAS in coating manufacturing (not product residue) on the Calphalon and not on the GreenPan.
- We flag Aluminum leaching and Coating degradation and loss of nonstick function on the GreenPan and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is Nonstick fluoropolymer (PTFE-based) coating over aluminum where the GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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